Advisor, External Reporting (P3
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 06828, USA
Listed on 2026-08-02
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Finance & Banking
Financial Reporting
US-CT Home Office
Hybrid-Fairfield, CT
501 Kings Hwy E
#400
Fairfield, Town of, CT 06825, USA
US-CT Home Office
Hybrid-Fairfield, CT
501 Kings Hwy E
#400
Fairfield, Town of, CT 06825, USA
US-DC Home Office
Hybrid-Washington, DC
899 N Capitol St NE
Washington, DC 20002, USA
US-DC Home Office
Hybrid-Washington, DC
899 N Capitol St NE
Washington, DC 20002, USA
Lexington, KY
Hybrid-Lexington, KY
800 Corporate Dr.
Lexington, KY 40503, USA
Lexington, KY
Hybrid-Lexington, KY
800 Corporate Dr.
Lexington, KY 40503, USA
For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.
The RoleAs the Advisor, External Reporting, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will collaborate with the various units within and outside of the department to promote clarity in audit and tax processes and facilitate stakeholder engagement, as well as support the external financial reporting cycle for the organization. You will serve as key facilitator for prepared by client requests and ensure the team stays on track to deadlines.
You will also be responsible for regular external reporting preparations for audit/tax and management reporting, supporting compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and IRS guidance.
Hybrid – Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations
What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
* not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change
- Develop agency level financial reporting packet based on external reporting requirements for management review, providing reporting controls on a regular basis.
- Prepare procedure documents for agency financial reporting and any related processes.
- Collaborate with affiliate colleagues to support external reporting requirements.
- Meet with other divisions on external reporting initiatives, including modeling and sensitivity analysis.
- Support the preparation of the draft Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement with our cognizant agency.
- Provide relevant and consistent financial information to support the due diligence process.
- Support Senior Advisor, External Reporting throughout the external reporting cycle.
- Manage the prepared by client list for the annual audits.
- Project manages the external engagement cycle for SCUS across divisions and departments including the management of shared sites.
- Prepare best practices for managing external reporting including tax, audit, and other third-party requests.
- Identify and process any necessary adjustment as result of award analysis.
- Perform reconciliations related to balance sheet, revenue or expenditure accounts.
- Coordinate monitoring checklist and any recommended actions.
- Coordinate the review and submission of supporting documents and analyze data for audits, donors and other agencies
- Lead and coordinate testing and enhancements of agency reporting and tools.
- Participate in Transformation Projects, including the financial management system rollout and other large-scale projects.
- Compile metrics, analyze data and conduct other review activities for transformation projects.
- Support process improvements in the areas of audit, tax, and other external reporting.
- Collaborate with the controller team in reviewing complex issues including donor, regulatory or internal reconciliations.
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience in accounting and finance
- Experience with US Government rules, regulations and guidance
- Experience supporting audit processes
- Experience supporting tax reporting processes
- Demonstrated experience working with financial management systems
- Demonstrated experience lead…
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